Closed · SFOP0007818 · CFDA 19.009 · Discretionary
FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $9M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 2, 2021
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs that offered Up to $9,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- up to $9M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 19.009
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program - is cataloged under number SFOP0007818 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 19.009, posted by Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on March 23, 2021. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $9,000,000. It expects to issue 1 award. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on June 2, 2021. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Up to $9,000,000
Close Date
June 2, 2021
Posted
March 23, 2021
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Office of Global Educational Programs of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for one or more award recipients to support the participation of a minimum of 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students in overseas summer language institutes and virtual language institutes. The CLS Program is a component of the U.S. Department of State’s effort to increase the number of Americans who learn critical foreign languages in support of the U.S. foreign policy goals of bolstering national security; promoting U.S. competitiveness and economic prosperity; and building mutual understanding with critical regions of the world. The CLS Program is administered by ECA’s USA Study Abroad branch (ECA/A/S/Q). The CLS Program languages for this award, determined annually by ECA, currently include Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. Please see the full announcement for additional details.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 06, 12, 20, 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Academic Exchange Programs
U.S. Department of State
Agency Contact
Hans Posey
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